Why does anyone need over 600 horsepower at the wheels in a G-Wagon? Come on now, nobody reading this site is asking that question. A 5600 pound German tank pushing 620 horsepower to all four wheels along with 547 pound-feet of torque is absurdly awesome. The motor is built by Eurocharged and is bored out to 5.7 liters with ported heads. The supercharger is Weistec's 3.0 liter twin screw which replaces the 2.1 liter OEM blower.
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Mercedes-Benz, you are on quite the roll! You know by now that a new sports car is coming from Mercedes-Benz which will likely be called the AMG GT. The latest round of spyphotos gave us a decent idea of what the exterior proportions and design will be but they did not display any interior details. We now have those interior details thanks to a internet leak of the photos of the official finished interior design and it is simply stunning.
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Nice video here from BenzBoost member JonsC63AMG. He ran into a nasty sounding Mustang GT (turn your bass up when you play the video) that had full on bolt on modifications. The owner stated the GT put out somewhere in the 430 wheel horsepower range which based on the result seems about right. The C63 is a tune only car with a tune from OE Tuning. So who wins in a roll on race?
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Congratulations are in order to this E55 and Eurocharged who tuned it for setting a new quickest and fastest overall W211 E55 AMG record. The bar now is set at 10.39 @ 134 in the 1/4 mile. The car achieved with basically with aggressive engine and transmission tuning along with a fairly big 150 shot of nitrous. The E55 is still on the stock 2.1 liter OEM Lysholm supercharger which definitely is holding it back a bit but that is where the nitrous comes into play.
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This W204 C63 AMG belongs to BenzBoost member charliekay. He took his car to the same drag strip when tuned both when naturally aspirated and when supercharged. Previously, he ran 11.8 @ 119 when naturally aspirated with an OE Tuning tune. With the addition of the Weistec Stage II 2.3 liter twin screw supercharger his elapsed time improved to 11.1 and his trap speed increased by eight miles per hour to 127.33.
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Wow, Mercedes is flat out flying out of the gate in 2014. Another Grand Prix and another 1-2 finish this time in Bahrain. McLaren states they can catch Mercedes but clearly everyone is scrambling to come up with a solution. Here is what McLaren racing director Eric Boullier had to say, "Itís true that the gap is huge now, but a one-second gap is catchable. I know a lot of areas we can work on and improve, so I think they can definitely be caught. We are aggressively developing now to make sure we can catch up with them."
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Here is a nice teaser from Mercedes-Benz who is attacking BMW everywhere they can. From the high end, to the low end, to enthusiast cars, and across the SUV spectrum. Mercedes-Benz is winning the battle as well (as they deserve too) and this is a new volley in the war. BMW created a hit with the X6 which essentially took the four door coupe idea that Mercedes pioneered to SUV's. Mercedes is now responding with the MLC.
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This is a good one gentlemen. Two of the best track ready cars coming out of Germany that money can buy. You likely are familiar with both of these vehicles. A quick reminder that the SLS Black Series has a modified 6.2 liter M159 V8 good for 631 horsepower along with roadcourse tweaked suspension, gearing, shift speed, aerodynamics, etc. The GT2 RS is everything you love about the rear wheel drive 911 GT2 but taken up a notch.
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On paper this does not add up but that is why we put things to the test in practice. The F10 M5 and W212 E63 AMG are both making similar power from their twin turbo V8's and both sending that power to the rear wheels. Both cars feature tunes with the F10 M5 running the BMS Stage I tune good for roughly 630 horsepower at the wheels with downpipes. The E63 AMG is a 2013 model and has an Renntech 'intermediate' tune with RADO downpipes good for around the 630 wheel horsepower range as well.
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Good to finally see some dragstrip results from turbocharged M113 5.5 liter V8 motors. The C219 CLS55 AMG originally comes from with a supercharged 5.5 liter V8 (M113K) from the factory. Powerhaus Performance ditched the factory 2.1 liter blower that is quickly pushed out of its efficiency range for a pair of turbochargers. They then sought out Eurocharged Performance to tune the turbo setup due to their proficiency with the M113K V8 engine as well as their experience tuning turbos on the motors.
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Mercedes-Benz managed to cut a fairly large 242 pounds off the SL-Class with the current R231 generation car. The R230 generation it replaced was the first SL with the a convertible hardtop which caused significant weight gain to the point the SL weighed more than the E-Class sedan. Mercedes seems to want to get even more aggressive with the weight loss by potentially ditching the convertible hardtop the last two generations of SL have employed.
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Very nice low 10 second result here from a W208 CLK. There is some confusion as to the modifications on this car so BenzBoost will do its best to clear that up. This is a W208 CLK chassis with a M113K V8 that is well known from the W211 generation E55 AMG. The factory 2.1 liter supercharger was replaced with the Weistec 3.0 liter twin screw upgrade. Tuning for the CLK is done by Eurocharged Performance.
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Mercedes AMG fans can rejoice as the second grand prix of the season brings Mercedes their second victory. At the Australian Grand Prix Nico Rosberg took the checkered flag and at the Malaysian Grand Prix this past weekend Lewis Hamilton took the win for Mercedes. Nico Rosberg finished right behind Hamilton for second place giving Mercedes 1st and 2nd for an incredibly strong showing. Defending champion Sebastian Vettel of RBR had a much stronger race finishing on the podium in third.
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